Tag Archives: Coronavirus

Fire out in front

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Robert Sullwold

Once again, Alameda firefighters are leading the way. Don’t worry:  this isn’t going to be another column about campaign contributions. Instead, our topic today is . . . vaccination rates.

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Alameda next?

Posted on August 15, 2021 by Robert Sullwold

First came the cities of San Francisco and Pasadena, which mandated that all of their employees get vaccinated against the COVID‑19 virus (and submit proof thereof) as soon as the federal Food and Drug Administration formally approves one of the … Continue reading →

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Alameda first

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Robert Sullwold

Emmanuel Macron did it. Bill DeBlasio did it. The Los Angeles city council is considering doing it. And San Francisco mayor London Breed has not ruled out doing it, either. So why shouldn’t our own Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft – … Continue reading →

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The City and the virus

Posted on December 13, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

Tired of reading about the coronavirus? If so, you should skip this column. But if you’re interested in how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the City of Alameda and its residents – and what the City has done to help … Continue reading →

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So what are you doing for Labor Day?

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

Suppose you want to take a stroll down the crowded pedestrian path along the shoreline this Labor Day weekend without wearing a face covering. Or suppose you’d like to join the pick-up soccer game being played by unmasked athletes on … Continue reading →

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Test case

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

It seemed like a good idea at the time. The City of Alameda would “partner” with a company called CityHealth Urgent Care, which runs urgent-care facilities in Oakland and San Leandro, to offer testing for the coronavirus at the Research … Continue reading →

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Keeping ’em on the job

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

When City Manager Eric Levitt presented his revised Fiscal Year 2020-21 budget last week, the staff report made his priorities clear: “First, the approach to the budget is to limit layoffs. . . .  We anticipate bringing back part-time employees … Continue reading →

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Who’s getting aid from the City

Posted on April 26, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

You can tell a lot about elected officials’ priorities – and their politics – when you look at the decisions they make about who is entitled to get financial assistance from the government during the coronavirus crisis. Take the federal … Continue reading →

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The coronavirus and the City budget

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

More than 2,100 U.S. cities brace for budget shortfalls due to coronavirus, survey finds, with many planning cuts and layoffs That was the headline in the April 14 edition of the Washington Post over a story about a survey conducted … Continue reading →

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What Alameda is doing to prepare for the coronavirus

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

Relentlessly (if parochially) focused on all things Alameda, the Merry-Go-Round began to wonder, as we watched and read the stories about the coronavirus (aka COVID-19) crisis, what our local public agencies were preparing to do about it. So we decided … Continue reading →

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